...(*Iskra* monthly?), how much money exactly is needed at once and how much per month.

Our funds are in very poor condition at present, and we cannot make any promises until we have the most detailed information. Send it immediately.

Make every effort to obtain money: we have already written about this through X to one of your acquaintances, and we advise you to ask ZZ to help with this as well—one of the members of the *Iskra* group spoke with him about money at the beginning of last year (remind him of the conversation in one of the capital's theaters¹¹⁸).

As for the eastern coast of the Black Sea, seek out routes by all means. Press especially hard on the French steamship lines—we hope to find a way to reach them from here.

1901

Written between June 18 and 22

Sent from Munich to Baku

First published in 1928

in *Leninsky Sbornik* VIII

Printed from the manuscript